{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Archaeology","slug":"new-books-in-archaeology-736373","podcast_index_feed_id":736373,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT7466012449","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/politics-society/archaeology/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f6afca30-ece1-11e8-941d-3bcfe1253be2/image/842e54a826b14a261b8bac22eb1937f5.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":188,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/archaeology","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373"},"episode":{"title":"John Waddell, \"The Celtic World: A History\" (Four Courts Press, 2026)","slug":"john-waddell-the-celtic-world-a-history-four-courts-press-2026","published_at":"2026-05-23T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/john-waddell-the-celtic-world-a-history-four-courts-press-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9252273403.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9252273403.mp3","summary":"At the dawn of history the Celts occupied a vast swathe of Europe from Ireland in the west to lands south of the Black Sea in Asia Minor. The study of this Celtic past has often been a disputed and debated territory and for centuries the true story of these Celtic-speakers of old was obscured by fanciful origin myths. Their origins and subsequent history were slowly revealed when linguistic studies and archaeological discoveries in the nineteenth century began to expose a rich and complex narrative that is still being clarified today. A series of dramatic finds in France and Germany in particular have brought these ancient peoples to scholarly and popular attention. This was a prehistoric world that offered an intricate picture of connectivity and diversity across much of Europe. These were people who have bequeathed us a remarkable archaeological heritage, an astonishing art style, several living languages, and, in Irish and Welsh, the most substantial body of early written texts in a non-Latin tongue in western Europe. The Celtic World: A History (Four Courts Press, 2026) by Professor John Waddell is a historical exploration of how our understanding of the ancient Celts and the concept of a European-wide world inhabited by Celtic-speaking peoples developed over time. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda’s interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.…","meta_description":"At the dawn of history the Celts occupied a vast swathe of Europe from Ireland in the west to lands south of the Black Sea in Asia Minor. The study of thi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1802,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/episodes/john-waddell-the-celtic-world-a-history-four-courts-press-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-archaeology-736373/john-waddell-the-celtic-world-a-history-four-courts-press-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}